The unprecedented success of the Yale hockey program since Keith
Allain ‘80 took over in 2006 has elevated the Bulldogs to be
recognized among the nation’s perennial powers. The numbers
tell the story of Yale’s ascension in the Allain era.

THE NUMBERS

155-95-24 in 8 seasons as Yale head coach

2013 National Championship

4 NCAA Tournament appearances (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 - 6
wins)

2 straight regional finals (2010, 2011)

2 ECAC Hockey Tournament Championships (2009, 2011)

2 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Titles (2009, 2010)

5 Ivy League Championships (3 straight)

MOST RECENTLY

Allain, Yale’s Malcolm G. Chace Head Coach of Hockey, took
a team that was seeded 15th overall in the NCAA Tournament to a
2013 Frozen Four title after wins over three top seeds and a No. 2
seed. His Bulldogs won twice in OT (Minnesota, UMass Lowell), came
from behind to beat North Dakota, and beat No. 1 Quinnipiac 4-0 at
Pittsburgh for the national title.

Prior to that, he led the Blue to the best win percentage (.752)
among Division I teams from 2008 to 2011 while coming within a game
of two straight Frozen Four appearances.

The 2010-11 campaign had been the program’s best.
Allain’s squad set the school record for wins (28-7-1),
became the first Bulldog team to be voted No. 1 in the national
polls (2 straight months), held the top PairWise Ranking for most
of the year, won four straight conference playoff games to capture
the ECAC Hockey Championship and beat Air Force in OT at the NCAA
East Regional as the top seed in the 16-team field. In addition,
the Blue ended the season with Division I’s top offense,
defense and winning percentage.

Allain's 2009-10 team became Yale's first to take consecutive
ECAC Hockey regular-season titles and have 20-win seasons. The
Elis, who led the nation in scoring and finished with a No. 5
ranking in the polls, capped it off with the greatest win in school
history, a 3-2 decision against North Dakota in the NCAA Northeast
Regional at Worcester, Mass. Yale fell to eventual national
champion Boston College the next day despite scoring seven
times.

The 2008-09 Tim Taylor Award as ECAC Hockey’s Coach of the
Year went to Allain after he led Yale to a 24-win season,
Yale’s first ECAC Tournament Championship and a No. 5
national ranking. That season College Hockey News named
him national coach of the year.

FOLLOWING LEGENDS

The current Yale head coach replaced his original mentor, Tim
Taylor (1976-2006), whose first team included Allain. Taylor hired
Allain to be his assistant from 1982 to 1985 before the prized
pupil left the collegiate game to coach and scout in Sweden. He
completed his 15th overall year at Yale in 2013-14: four as a
student, three as an assistant coach in the early 1980s and eight
as head coach. Only Taylor (337, 28 years) and Murray Murdoch (278,
27) have more wins at Yale than Allain, who owns a 19-14 ECAC
post-season record (6-3 in NCAAs).

YALE CONNECTION

Allain, a former NHL and Olympics assistant, was named the 11th
head coach of the Yale men's program on April 15, 2006. Allain is
the third Yale graduate to take the position and the first since
Holcomb York '17 led the Bulldogs from 1930 to 1938 (Lawrence M.
Noble '27 coached the Elis from 1928 to 1930).

FORMER GOALIE

The starting goalie on four Bulldog squads, Allain owns the
fourth-most (31) wins for a Yale netminder and ranks fourth at the
school with 2,337 career saves. He owns four of the top 10 Yale
single-game save totals, including 55 stops in a 7-3 loss at
Minnesota on Dec. 28, 1978. Allain played two years (1980-82) of
professional hockey in Sweden before suffering a career-ending
injury.

NHL

Allain, the goalie coach for the St. Louis Blues from 1998 to
2006, watched his netminders give up the fewest goals in the NHL in
1999-2000, claiming the William M. Jennings Trophy. That season the
Blues captured the President's Trophy for the best regular-season
record in the league.

His professional hockey coaching experience also includes
serving as a scout for the NHL's Nashville Predators in 1997-98 and
a four-year (1993-97) stint as an assistant coach for the
Washington Capitals, where he helped Jim Carey win the 1996 Vezina
Trophy.

TEAM USA

His extensive international coaching career includes serving as
an assistant coach for the United States Olympic Team at the 1992
(Albertville) and 2006 (Torino) Games. He was an assistant for
teams that played in the 1996 (won championship) and 2004 World Cup
of Hockey. His involvement with USA Hockey includes guiding the
U.S. as head coach at the 2001, 2002 and 2011 IIHF World Junior
Championships. He also assisted with the 2005 and 2006 U.S.
National Teams at the world championships.

FAMILY

Allain is a Worcester, Mass., native who has six brothers (five
of them played college hockey) and a father who had played
professionally in the old Eastern League. He and his wife, Mi, have
three children: Josefine, Julia and Niklas.